The Big Three by Donut Media

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  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    How Ralph Barbosa is Funding His Car Addiction with Comedy

    This week on Talk Talk Nation, Joe is joined by comedian Ralph Barbosa to talk comedy, car builds, and life on the road. From a sleeper Impala project to Laguna Seca crashes, GT-R drag racing disasters, the crowd work debate, and Joe gets a quick lesson in Dragon Ball Z.

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    5 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 56 minutes
    How Westen Champlin Built a Redneck Media Empire
    Join us for the first episode of Donut's newest podcast, Talk Talk Nation. This week, we're talking with YouTube powerhouses Westen Champlin and his brother, Garrett Champlin. How did they go from chopping firewood to selling junkers to being one of the biggest automotive YouTubers around? Let's find out!
    22 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 50 minutes 12 seconds
    The End of The Big Three

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    This week, The Big Three is going out with a bang. We break down a reckless Twitch “swimming” crash in Atlanta, the FBI seizing a $13M Mercedes CLK GTR Roadster from an alleged cartel-linked snowboarder, and Toyota teasing a mysterious new halo car. Plus: Ferrari stirs the pot claiming V6 is superior to the V12, Honda hints at going to space, and the F1 championship comes down to a nail-biting final race in Abu Dhabi. And of course — Nolan, Joe, and Bart reflect on the end of The Big Three and what’s coming next.

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    3 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 58 minutes 40 seconds
    How Justin's Tires Outlasted His Car

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    This week we're live from the Hankook Dynapro booth at SEMA where Nolan and Joe sit down with the Donut crew (Adam, Justin, and Zach) to relive chaotic tales of Baja racing, indestructible tires, a broken suspension, and the Subaru SVX’s 5,500-mile off-road punishment.

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    26 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 48 minutes 39 seconds
    Joey Logano: The Most Dangerous Nice Guy in Motorsport

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    This week, Joe sits down with three-time NASCAR champ Joey Logano to figure out what actually makes a winner in one of the toughest sports on earth. Joey opens up about thriving in a world where losing is normal, the bizarre playoff year that went from heartbreak to a championship, and the mental switch that flips when the helmet goes on. Plus: stories from his karting days, building a racetrack in his backyard, and why even family game night turns into a full-blown competition.

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    19 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 44 minutes 29 seconds
    Type R Minivans and Flying Subarus: Inside SEMA's Wildest Builds

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    This week, we recap all the insanity from SEMA 2024 — including the return of Gymkhana, a 550-hp Honda Odyssey Type R, and the reveal of Stellantis’s new “Hot Boy” turbo engine. Plus, the guys come to terms with a hard truth: car guys might just be toddlers with bigger toys.

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    12 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 52 minutes 59 seconds
    The Fastest Driver on Earth: How Brittany Force Keeps Getting Faster

    This week, Nolan is joined by Brittany Force — 2-time NHRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel dragster champion and heir to drag-racing royalty. She grew up watching her dad, John Force, dominate the sport. Now she’s outpacing everyone — including herself — with four speed records and a 343 MPH crown.

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    5 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Inside Brunei’s Lost Supercar Empire (w/ Larry Chen)

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    This week, Larry Chen (@larry_chen_foto) stops by to talk about his brand-new photo book, Life at Shutter Speed — a behind-the-lens look at two decades of the world’s wildest car culture — and his unbelievable trip to Brunei. Larry takes us inside the Sultan’s hidden garages, where hundreds of ultra-rare cars sit sealed away like automotive treasure — and shares the stories he can’t post online about the world’s most secret collection.

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    29 October 2025, 7:00 am
  • 52 minutes 12 seconds
    Jim Liaw: The Guy Who Brought Pro Drifting to America

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    This week, Joe sits down with Jim Liaw (@jimliaw), co-founder of Formula Drift and head of Performance Racing Industry (PRI), to hear how he brought pro drifting to the U.S., built it from nothing, and kept it alive when no one believed it would work. From coming up with the first rulebook to battling racetrack shutdowns across America, this is the story of how one man’s obsession changed motorsports forever.

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    22 October 2025, 7:00 am
  • 33 minutes 43 seconds
    How Bring a Trailer Changed Car Buying — And What Cars to Buy Next

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    This week on The Big Three, Joe catches up with Randy Nonnenberg, founder of Bring a Trailer — the Craigslist email chain that became the internet’s most trusted car auction site. From $850 mudslide Porsches to $200k Integras, Randy breaks down how BaT made buying cars online actually fun — and why he still has 90 tabs open right now.

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    15 October 2025, 7:00 am
  • 57 minutes 35 seconds
    How Doug DeMuro Beat YouTube — and Bought His Dream Car

    This week on The Big Three, we hang out with Doug DeMuro, the man who unintentionally created the blueprint for every car YouTuber since. From Porsche spreadsheets to viral quirks and features, Doug reveals how he stumbled into the perfect formula—and how that same formula nearly destroyed him. We cover his Jalopnik days, starting Cars & Bids, his treasured Carrera GT, and how the key to YouTube might be… not caring.

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    8 October 2025, 7:00 am
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